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Thursday, April 23, 2009

I'm a little bit southern...right? I've lived in Texas, Mississippi, Alabama & South Carolina. So I think I'm entiled to say I'm a southern girl, even if I have replaced "ya'll" with "you guys", and I've never used the term "cut on the light". I'm still souther where it counts...the food.

1. Preheat oven to 350; line muffin tins with paper liners or spray with non-stick spray.2. Whisk dry ingredients together in a bowl; set aside.3. Blend sugar and eggs in a bowl with a hand mixer on medium speed until ribbons form, about 5 minutes. With mixer running, add oil in a stream until blended. Mix in food color and vanilla until incorporated.4. Mix ½ the dry ingredients into butter mixture, followed by the buttermilk and vinegar, and then remaining dry ingredients; blend just until incorporated.5. Fill liners to the top with batter and bake until toothpick inserted in center, comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Cool cupcakes in the pan for 20 minutes, transfer to a rack, then, when cool, frost with cream cheese frosting. You can dust with coco powder for garnish if you wish.

The original recipe called for 1 ½ t. espresso powder instead of cinnamon. I don’t particularly care for the coffee taste nor do I keep espresso powder on hand. I replaced the espresso powder with cinnamon.